The US bond market is eyeing the potential benefits of a Trump administration. He promised an infrastructure spending of about 1 Trillion dollars. Deregulation of banks and repatriation of foreign dollars held overseas due to corporate tax cut from 35% Read More …
People argue about policy, personality and party, but markets look forward and anticipate what might happen in the future. While Washington is slow, markets operate in real time, just like traders do. Let us cut through the political noise and Read More …
Post Brexit market is confounded by so many drivers that it is a nightmare for both the professional and retail investors alike. The key players are the Bank of England, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve Read More …
What is the hot topic for our age group now? Not the Republican and the Democratic Conventions. They will not solve the problem I am talking about. I am talking about the 401(k) retirement plan for the typical American worker. Read More …
From the trading and investing point of view, could the results have been predicted with a reasonable probability of success to benefit monetarily? Let us analyze this. A “Black Swan” has the following characteristics according to Taleb: It is unpredictable Read More …
Everybody knows what a “rat race’ is. Our educational system has trained almost all of us to study very hard, get a good high paying job, save money is a pension fund or a 401(K) (in the US) for retirement. Read More …
Warren Buffett bought AAPL stock worth $1B is the latest hot news while another pro investor Carl Icahn sold his position in AAPL when disappointing earnings were reported just recently. How does one go about buying a stock like AAPL? Read More …
Those of you who are some what active with trading, if at all, in your 401(K) retirement account or any other account for that matter are probably aware that the earning season is on in full swing. What it is, Read More …